Gender Identity

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This article is mainly about gender identity concerning adolescents. Most boys have a
stereotype of playing sports such as baseball, football, and basketball. Playing with cars
and army men is usually the expected behavior portrayed by boys. The boy in this article,
at age four, loved to wear red, sparkly shoes. He also has fun playing with dolls.
As Robert, the boy, advanced higher in school education, other students began to
taunt him. The parents of Robert were advised to seek a psychologist about gender issues.
For Robert’s sake, the parents looked against the advise because they thought Robert
looked happy and anything else would make him feel abnormal. Starting around age five
most kids have a sense of identification with their own sex. The kids who don’t go
through it may be teased by peers and puzzled by parents. When the teasing starts many
parents begin to realize there’s a problem. Not only Robert’s peers criticize him, but
adults do as well.
As kids get older their sense of emotion develops more. For boys who like doing
things that people say are girlish, the situation becomes harder for them. This can drive a
boy to become angry and violent at the world; Which is very disturbing. For instance, a
boy in the article was constantly being teased while having games played on him. Then
one day, out of anger he made a fake bomb threat on his home and blamed the kids who
picked on him. All this criticism deprives people from being their own person. Changing
schools can put parents into a financial problem as well. Switching from public to private
schools can be extremely expensive, but some parents are forced to do so.
Sometimes, parents ask themselves if they had done something to confuse their
child. That’s a main question parents wonder about when their child doesn’t conform to
gender stereotypes. A child psychologist says the parents shouldn’t feel guilty for a
child’s likes and dislike...